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ANC National Disciplinary Committee, 29 February 2012, Luthuli House, Johannesburg
Public Announcement on the Disciplinary hearings of: FLOYD SHIVAMBU Respondent SINDISO MAGAQA Respondent JULIUS MALEMA Respondent 29 February 2012, Luthuli…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2004 (Before National Elections)
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Houses of Parliament, Cape Town 6 February 2004 Madame Speaker Chairperson…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceCalvinia
Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for the Town-…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after nearly three decades of democracy, we set out to establish how much of the country’s recent…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
1. Introduction The important task of our National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is to grapple with the complex and ever-changing world order. The balance of…
PlaceConstantia
The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile, in Constantia. (Link in Further Reading.)The Former estate in the magisterial…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1960-1969 1960 19 February, Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, citing the example of Patrice Lumumba of…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) conference in Johannesburg. Boesak…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
The world's oldest stone tools have been discovered, scientists report. The tools includes sharp-edged flakes, hammers and anvils Image source They were…
5th Jozi Book Fair
5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October 2013 at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. This…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of capitalism, however, we paid cursory attention to the racial character of that…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
1868 Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a…
ArticleCosatu timeline
2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) entered their third week of striking…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
Ugie is a Town in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Ugie is situated at the Southern foot of the Drakensberg,…
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
A small, modern Karoo Village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers, but is one of the driest parts of the Country. Laingsburg is 280 km from Cape…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW! PEOPLES’ MANIFESTO AND A PLAN OF ACTION FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF JULIUS MALEMA FOREWORD The year 2019…
PlaceSimon's Town, Cape Peninsula
One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town which is sometimes spelled: 'Simonstown'. Simon’s Town is a very picturesque and Historical…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Act 35 of 1906, which dealt with hawkers'…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the Atlantic coast and False Bay on the…
Polokwane the Segregated city
Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, "Closer to the Proletarians…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
Resistance to apartheid Umzabalazo - The Freedom Struggle in South Africa Conditions in Rustenburg point to deprivation throughout the segregation and…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
Introduction King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding…